Packaging for sheet material



March 24, 1931. o. T. THOMPSON I 1,797,380

PACKAGING FOR SHEET MATERIAL Filed Jan. 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 vMarch 24161931. o. T. THoMPsoN 1,797,380

PACKAGING FOR SHEET MATERIAL Filed Jan. 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 N k MPatented Mar. 24, 1931' UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlor:

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OF NEE-NAB, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB T0 PAPER PATENTS COH- WISCONSIN, ACORPORATION OF WISCONSIN PACKAGING FOB SHEET MATERIAL Application filedJanuary 11, 1929. Serial 110. 881,860.

This invention relates to an im rovement in packaging for sheet materialan more particularly to packaging for folded sheets of crepe paper orother li e product.

The principal object of the invention is to provide packaging for sheetsof the nature above described whereby the sheets will be convenientlywithdrawable one by one from the package and whereby sheets remaining inthe package will be effectively protected from dirt or dust and therebymaintained clean and usable for an almost indefinite length of time.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood byreference to the following specification and accompanying drawings inwhich I have illustrated a package embodying one form of my invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of the package before it is opened to permitwithdrawal of the contained sheets of material.

Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the package 0 ened to facilitatewithdrawal of the contained sheets.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the blank which is folded to form the box or carton,and

Fig. 5 is a perspective illustrating the manner of folding the blank toform the box one side wall being left unfolded to permit fiiling of thebox.

Referrin now to the drawings, my improved pac age includes a paper boardbox or carton 10 formed of a blank such as shown in Fig. 4. The boxblank is divided into wide wall portions 11 and 12 narrow wall portions13, 14 and 15, and wail portions 16 and 17 and flaps 1s, 19, 20, 21, 22and 23. One of the wide wall portions 11 and 12, preferably the wallortion 12 from which the end walls 16 and 1 project, is provided withspaced p lines of scoring 24 and 25. These lines of scoring are disposedintermediate the longitudinal edges of the wall portion and preferablyso as to provide a narrow strip portion 26 approximately midway betweenthe said side ed es. The lines of scoring 24 and 25 are pre erablycontinued into the end walls 16 and 17, as indicated at 27 and 28, andthere joined so as to provide tab-like portions 29 and 30.

The blank of Fig. 4 is initially folded in the manner indicated in Fig.5 so that the wide wall portion 12 serves as the bottom of the box andthe wall portion 11 serves as the openable top of the box.

The box may now be filled with the desired material, which in thepresent instance consists of a plurality of folded and interfoldedsheets of crepe paper and also a folded information sheet which may bean advertising circular or an instruction sheet for containinginformation as to the roper method of using the contents of the box orany other information.

As shown in Fig. 3, the sheets of crepe paper, indicated at 31, arefolded into zigzag form, preferably to form three folds, each of whichis approximately equal to the full inside width of the box. The adjacentsheets 31 are also interfolded by having their lowermost fold (as shownin Fig. 3) disposed between the upper and intermediate folds of the nextlower sheet. A folded instruction sheet 32 is disposed on top of thepile of interfolded sheets 31 and is interfolded with the uppermostsheet 31 by having its lowermost fold disposed between the top andintermediate folds of the said-top sheet 31. The top fold of theinstruction sheet preferably terminates as shown in Fig. 3 with amarginal portion 33 disposed in the area of the narrow strip 26 so thatwhen the said narrow strip is removed, the marginal portion 33 of theinformation sheet is accessible through the resulting slot and may bewithdrawn therethrough.

When the interfolded crepe paper sheets 31 and information sheet 32 areinserted into the box in the above described manner, the flap arts 20and 21 are folded inwardly and the wall parts 11 and 13 folded over, thepart 13 being inserted inside of the wall part 15 as indicated in Fig.3. The box may be sealed in this position by gluing the parts 13 and 15together, but I prefer to effect such sealing by means of a seal orsticker 34 which laps over the wall portion 15 and wall portion 11.

When the box is so sealed, it constitutes a substantially dirt and dustproof container which serves to keep the contents clean and saleable.

When the box is to be opened, the narrow strip portion 26 is torn outalong the lines of scoring 24 and 25, such tearing out of the stripbeing facilitated by the provision of the above described tab-likeportions 29 and 30. These tab-like portions are adapted to be easilybroken from the respective end walls along the lines of scoring 27 and28 by merely pinching the tab portions inwardly and upwardly towards theinside of the adjacent end portion of the narrow strip 26. This meansaffords a convenient grip on the ends of the strip 26 so that the samemay be readily torn out of the inside wall portion 12, thereby toprovide a relatively narrow slot 35 in the said wall portion, extendingfrom end to end of the box and downwardly into each of the end walls.The end wall slot portions facilitate lifting of the marginal portion 33of the instruction sheet so that the same may readily be withdrawn fromthe carton, and thereby, as an incident to its folded relation with theadjacent sheet of crepe paper, pulling a marginal portion (indicated at36 in Fig. 2) of such sheet out of the box through the slot so that thesaid sheet of crepe paper may readily be Withdrawn vwhen desired.-

In the arrangement herein shown, the exposed portion 36 of the crepepaper sheet constitutes only about one-sixth of the entire area of thesheet so that the major por tion of the sheet remains inside of the boxand is thereby kept clean and in condition for use when desired.

By locating the narrow strip portion 26 approximately midway between theedges of the wall portion 12, withdrawal of the sheets of material fromthe box is facilitated since frictional resistance to the withdrawal ofthe sheets is restricted at all times to the area of the sheet portionon either side of the slot 35, since such parts of the sheet are removedor pulled out of the box by relatively independent movements withrespect to the wall parts on opposite sides of the slot 35.

I am aware that changes may be made in the arrangement of sheets in thebox and also in the construction of the box without departing from thespirit of my invention, the scope of which should therefore bedetermined by reference to the following claims, the same beingconstrued as broadly as possible consistent with the state of the art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A box having a side wall and an end wall, a pair of spaced,substantially parallel lines of scoring on said side wall, extendinglongitudinally the'reofand defining a narrow strip adapted to be tornout of said side wall to provide a slot therein, said lines of slot soas to facilitate scoring extending into said end wall and being therejoined so as to provide a tab por tion adapted to be pinched inwardlytowards the inside of the adjacent part of said side wall strip portion,thereby affording a grip on said strip to facilitate the tearing outthereof.

2. In a package of the class described, the combination of a relativelylong, wide and shallow box having one of its wide walls pro vided with apair of spaced, weakened tear lines, extending longitudinally,intermediate its side edges, from end to end of the box, said weakenedlines extending at one end into the adjacent end wall and being directedtowards each other in said end wall to form a tab adapted to be brokenfrom the end wall by being forced about the adjacent corner edge of thebox as a fulcrum, whereby said tab is adapted to be pinched against theinside of the adjacent end portion of said tear-out strip to facilitatetearing out of said strip, thereby to provide a slot in such wall forper mitting withdrawal the contents of the box.

3. In a sheet material packa e of the class described, the combination 0a container havin when in condition for use, a slot in one 0 its wallsintermediate the side edges thereof for permitting withdrawal from thecontainer of the contained sheet material, and a filler in said boxcomprising a stack of folded and interfolded articles of sheet materialand an independent, folded information sheet, said interfolded articlesbeing folded into substantiallyequal folds, each of approximately thefull inside width of the box, and said information sheet having one foldinterfolded with the top article and having another fold overlying thetop of said stack of articles and having an edge portion disposed inaccessible position in the area of said slot so as to facilitategripping of said information sheet and withdrawal thereof through saidslot, and whereby, as an incident to the interfolded relation betweensaid information sheet and said top article, a marginal portion of thelatter is pulled outwardly through said withdrawal of said articles ofsheet material from the container.

4. In a sheet material package of the class described, the combinationof a relatively long, wide, and shallow box having one of its wide wallsprovided when in condition'for use, with a slot extending longitudinallyof the box, approximately midway of its width, for permitting withdrawalfrom the box of the contained sheet material, and a filler in said boxcomprising a stack of'folded, and interfolded sheets-of crepe paper andan independent folded information sheet, said interfolded sheets ofcrepe paper being folded into substantially equal folds, each ofapproximately the full inside width of the box, and said informationsheet having one fold interfolded with the top sheet of crepe paper vand having another fold orerlying the top of said stack and having anedge portion disposed in accessible position in the area of said slot soas to facilitate gripping of said information sheet and withdrawalthereof through said slot, and whereby, as an incident t0 theinterfolded relation between said information sheet and said top crepepaper sheet, a narrow marginal portion of the latter is pulled outwardlythrough the slot, so as to facilitate withdrawal of said top crepe papersheet, from the box.

OSCAR T. THOMPSON.

